Taxonomic studies on chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae) of Goa, India, with an illustrated key to genera and species
Author
Gawas, Sandesh M.
School of Sciences (SoS), Jain University, Bangalore, India;
Author
Gupta, Ankita
Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterisation, ICAR - National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru, India
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Journal of Natural History
2024
2024-03-22
58
9 - 12
342
381
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2315671
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Antrocephalus phaeospilus
Waterston, 1922
(
Figures 13, 14
)
Antrocephalus sinicorum
Masi, 1932
Material examined
INDIA
:
Goa
,
Tiswadi
,
Old
Goa,
17 July 2015
,
1 female
,
yellow pan trap
, coll
.
Ankita Gupta
;
Sattari
,
Ambedem
,
9 February 2019
,
1 female
,
yellow pan trap
, coll
.
Sandesh Gawas
;
Honda
, 13
Novemebr
2015,
1 female
,
yellow pan trap
, coll
.
Sandesh Gawas
.
Description
Female, length of the body 4.8–5.4 mm.
Colour.
Body largely black with following reddish brown: tegulae, fore leg except for coxa, mid and hindleg entirely.
Head.
Triangular, slightly wider than high. Scrobe deep and striate reaching anterior ocellus. Antennae long and slender. Genotemporal furrow present. POL 5× OOL.
Figure 13–18.
Habitus: 13–14,
Antrocephalus phaeospilus
; 15–16,
Antrocephalus ryukyuensis
; 17–18,
Antrocephalus validicornis
.
Mesosoma
.
Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum punctate with interstices narrower than puncture diameter. Interstices smooth and shiny. Scutellum weakly emarginate at apex.
Metasoma.
Metasoma longer than mesosoma. T1 smooth and shiny with a pair of short basal carinae which are shorter than the distance between them.
Distribution
INDIA
.
Goa
(new record),
Kerala
,
Uttar Pradesh
(
Emiliyamma 2016
;
Basak
et al
. 2020
).